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cnn's ed lavandera now looking back on a decade of personal attacks by the cyclist who lied about the secrets behind his remarkable success. >> everybody wants to know what i'm on. what am i on? i'm on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day. what are you on? >> reporter: lance armstrong's path to glory and now shame has left a trail of personal destruction along the way especially those who dared question how the iconic cyclist won seven tour de france titles. >> it's a drugs program. you know, so that was sort of what it was called. >> reporter: emma o'reilly joined armstrong's cyclingist in the 1990 and she worked as a masseuse. o'reilly also said her job involved transporting and delivering drugs for the cycling team. the report says she once made an 18-hour, round-trip between france and spain to pick up pills and even met lance armstrong in the parking lot of a mcdonald's in southern france to deliver a drug package. armstrong once told her, now, emma, you know enough to bring me down. >> history has shown that i didn't have enough to bring him down and i never wanted to bring h
cnn's ed lavandera now looking back on a decade of personal attacks by the cyclist who lied about the secrets behind his remarkable success. >> everybody wants to know what i'm on. what am i on? i'm on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day. what are you on? >> reporter: lance armstrong's path to glory and now shame has left a trail of personal destruction along the way especially those who dared question how the iconic cyclist won seven tour de france titles. >> it's a drugs...
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ed lavandera, still with me? >> i am, brooke. >> i think where we left off is you were describing the area, a heavy residential area beyond the perimeter of this campus. continue. >> just trying to set the scene a little bit. the part of town you're in, north houston, is a sprawling, sprawling space of, you know, many suburban style neighborhoods. this is a highly condensed, you know, a lot of people live around there, very popular part of town. it is an area that is very popular in houston and has grown tremendously in the last 10, 15, 20 years. >> okay. ed lavandera, don't go too far from that phone. wasn't to pl i want to play an interview. i spoke with jed young, with lone star college. gave a littlepressed him on a c points he made. take a listen to that. please, tell me what you know. do we know -- is this still an active scene? >> here's the latest information. there was a -- the call began with a call to our dispatcher at 12:31. we do know a shooting has taken pla place. first glance it appears to be betw
ed lavandera, still with me? >> i am, brooke. >> i think where we left off is you were describing the area, a heavy residential area beyond the perimeter of this campus. continue. >> just trying to set the scene a little bit. the part of town you're in, north houston, is a sprawling, sprawling space of, you know, many suburban style neighborhoods. this is a highly condensed, you know, a lot of people live around there, very popular part of town. it is an area that is very...
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ed lavandera joining me live from dallas. ed, there has been some speculation, you know, maybe this was a partial confession. do we know tnow think there wil full admission to doping? >> reporter: there were reports over the last week or so that suggested that is what will happen and based on what we're now learning has transpired here or there in austin, texas, this afternoon, surely seems to suggest that's the way all of this is headed, which wouldn't be of great surprise to many people. but, just heard from someone at the livestrong foundation who was there today and the description of what happened came to me like this, lance came to the livestrong foundation's headquarters today for a private conversation with our staff and offered a sincere and heart felt apology for the stress they have endured because of him, and urged them to keep up their great work fighting for people affected by cancer. we pressed to try to get any details, if part of this talk today including lance armstrong admitting to using performance enhanci
ed lavandera joining me live from dallas. ed, there has been some speculation, you know, maybe this was a partial confession. do we know tnow think there wil full admission to doping? >> reporter: there were reports over the last week or so that suggested that is what will happen and based on what we're now learning has transpired here or there in austin, texas, this afternoon, surely seems to suggest that's the way all of this is headed, which wouldn't be of great surprise to many...
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here is ed lavandera. >> reporter: the epic career of ray lewis almost ended 13 years ago, outside the cobalt lounge nightclub in atlanta. just hours after the 2000 super bowl. a fight breaks out, and when the dust settles, jason baker and richard lawler are stabbed to death and left in the street. ray lewis and two friends are charged with murder. what unfolded next is a mesmerizing saga, and the truth is as elusive as ever as you're about to see. >> i have not been back to this area since that incident happened. >> reporter: this is the first time that reggie oakly talked about it since that night. oakley has written a book which he is eager to sell. >> from my point of view, it was self-defense. >> reporter: oakley says they were leaving the club when the group started to fight. there was a champagne bottle broken over oakley's head. then there was mayhem. >> i had no idea anybody got stabbed. >> so you didn't stab him? >> no i didn't stab him. >> so how did he end up with the stab wounds if you're the one fighting him? >> you have to read the book to find out. >> reporter: after th
here is ed lavandera. >> reporter: the epic career of ray lewis almost ended 13 years ago, outside the cobalt lounge nightclub in atlanta. just hours after the 2000 super bowl. a fight breaks out, and when the dust settles, jason baker and richard lawler are stabbed to death and left in the street. ray lewis and two friends are charged with murder. what unfolded next is a mesmerizing saga, and the truth is as elusive as ever as you're about to see. >> i have not been back to this...
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ed lavandera is back for us. ed you have spoken to that masseuse, emma o'reilly. >> well, her story is fascinating. it's detailed quite extensively in the u.s. anti-doping agency report where she gave a 21-page affidavit to investigators there last year. and in that story, put yourself in this woman's shoes. she was in her late 20s, back in the late '90s. she joined the u.s. postal service cycling team. she joined the team as a masseuse. and it wasn't too much longer after that that she realized part of her job began entailing making runs to picking up the various drugs that the cyclers were using on this team. and this isn't just like going down the street to a walgreens or cvs. this was driving from france to spain, 18-hour round-trips to deliver -- pick up pills in one case that was detailed. another story she told investigators was she had driven a bag to nice, france, where lance armstrong and his first wife had a home and delivered a brown paper bag of drugs in the parking lot of a mcdonald's. so this is so
ed lavandera is back for us. ed you have spoken to that masseuse, emma o'reilly. >> well, her story is fascinating. it's detailed quite extensively in the u.s. anti-doping agency report where she gave a 21-page affidavit to investigators there last year. and in that story, put yourself in this woman's shoes. she was in her late 20s, back in the late '90s. she joined the u.s. postal service cycling team. she joined the team as a masseuse. and it wasn't too much longer after that that she...
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bring in ed lavandera, he's following all of this at a bike shop in austin, texas. part of a shop that's owned by lance armstrong. i can't imagine what people are saying. >> reporter: well, this is a place called mellow johnny's in the heart of downtown austin not far from where the livestrong headquarters are where le went before the interview with oprah winfrey to apologize. this is a place of refuge for lance armstrong as the amount of support started to dry up. this is a place where they can find support. his picture's on the wall, seven yellow jerseys hanging up there. i talked to the general manager, craig staley, runs mellow johnny's here. he's known lance armstrong since they were teenagers growing up in the dallas, they used to race against each other. for people like craig, the news has been the hardest to handle as they see their friend kind of everything kind of come unraveling around him. he told me he had his suspiciouses for some thyme. but nonetheless, he's seen lance armstrong go through what he's going through this week. even though it's self-infli
bring in ed lavandera, he's following all of this at a bike shop in austin, texas. part of a shop that's owned by lance armstrong. i can't imagine what people are saying. >> reporter: well, this is a place called mellow johnny's in the heart of downtown austin not far from where the livestrong headquarters are where le went before the interview with oprah winfrey to apologize. this is a place of refuge for lance armstrong as the amount of support started to dry up. this is a place where...
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cnn's ed lavandera is live in texas this morning. a lot of people are wondering if this is a genuine confession, or is it part of a larger p.r. offensive? >> reporter: well, i think people will be looking and studying the body language taped interview and determine just that. it will go a lock way in determining how you feel about that. but, you know, clearly there's a need to rehabilitate his image thereafter united states anti-doping agency report that was released back in october. 11 former teammates coming out and basically accusing lance armstrong of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout his cycling career which helped him win seven tour de france titles, but that interview took place in austin yesterday afternoon. oprah winfrey sent out a tweet that said briefly, just wrapped with lance armstrong for 2 1/2 hours. came ready. he's well known for being a tough interview, well prepared. according to a source from cnn, lance armstrong showed up with a team of advisers and family members. >> and lawyers as well. that "ready"
cnn's ed lavandera is live in texas this morning. a lot of people are wondering if this is a genuine confession, or is it part of a larger p.r. offensive? >> reporter: well, i think people will be looking and studying the body language taped interview and determine just that. it will go a lock way in determining how you feel about that. but, you know, clearly there's a need to rehabilitate his image thereafter united states anti-doping agency report that was released back in october. 11...
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here's cnn's ed lavandera. >> reporter: it's a script that would make a hollywood writer jealous. cycling athlete gets cancer, nearly dies, but comes back to one the world's most famous race, not once, not twice, but a record breaking seven straight times. by the way, he also starts a cancer foundation which has raised $470 million and has provided inspiration to millions around the world. but a dark cloud hovering over this story never blew past. suspicions that grew into allegations that lance armstrong used performance enhancing drugs to accomplish his incredible feats. the suspicions were confirmed in october when the united states anti-doping agency released thousands of pages of evidence of what it said was a sophisticated doping program. armstrong was stripped of his tour de france titles and banned from all olympic sports for life. onby one, his sponsors have left him too. late last year, armstrong was forced out from live strong, the cancer charity he founded. armstrong has kept a low profile at his austin home since the report was released, but a armstro armstrong's repe
here's cnn's ed lavandera. >> reporter: it's a script that would make a hollywood writer jealous. cycling athlete gets cancer, nearly dies, but comes back to one the world's most famous race, not once, not twice, but a record breaking seven straight times. by the way, he also starts a cancer foundation which has raised $470 million and has provided inspiration to millions around the world. but a dark cloud hovering over this story never blew past. suspicions that grew into allegations...
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want to bring in ed lavandera in dallas. you know, it had to be shocking what had happened here, they're working, nothing ever anticipated that there was going to be a problem and then you've got this what almost seems just massacre by the time this is all over. >> reporter: there's no question. and the family of victor lovelady says that victor had given them no indication during his time there that he was in fear or worried about the security situation around there. in fact he had told family members that everything was safe. this was his second stint, actually worked in this area two weeks back in november and just returned from a month-long stay at that complex in algeria and he was in the middle of doing that. the family struggling with trying to figure out and get information. what is interesting about all of this that is they were actually told, just i think a day or so after the siege started, from the state department they had gotten information that victor lovelady was still alive and then it was 3:00 in the mornin
want to bring in ed lavandera in dallas. you know, it had to be shocking what had happened here, they're working, nothing ever anticipated that there was going to be a problem and then you've got this what almost seems just massacre by the time this is all over. >> reporter: there's no question. and the family of victor lovelady says that victor had given them no indication during his time there that he was in fear or worried about the security situation around there. in fact he had told...
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cnn's ed lavandera has the latest. ed, what are you hearing? >> reporter: this shooting appears to be a situation that started off as an altercation in one of the buildings between two people. one of those firing shots was wounded and is now in custody. two people were caught in the crossfire and those people were wounded and then there was a fourth person that in all of this may lay had a heart attack. that person is being treated as well. and now the focus is on the second shooter, the second person in the altercation. that person fled the campus itself. the officials say that everything is safe and secure now on the campus but the search for that second suspect is the main concern at this hour and i'm told by a law enforcement source that one of the main focuses that they are looking at right now, law enforcement agencies there on the ground is a wooded area next to the campus of lone star college. they believe that's where this second suspect might have fled into so they are paying a great deal of attention in that wooded area and i believe
cnn's ed lavandera has the latest. ed, what are you hearing? >> reporter: this shooting appears to be a situation that started off as an altercation in one of the buildings between two people. one of those firing shots was wounded and is now in custody. two people were caught in the crossfire and those people were wounded and then there was a fourth person that in all of this may lay had a heart attack. that person is being treated as well. and now the focus is on the second shooter, the...
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ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. thanks so much. among those watching the oprah interview, tyler hamilton, who rode with armstrong in three tour de france races and wrote the explosive book called "secret race" about doping inside armstrong's team. hamilton talked to cnn's piers morgan. listen. >> do you feel sorry for him? because he trashed you -- >> oh, yeah. we have a whole history -- >> he just kept trashing you saying it was all lies, you were trying to smear him. >> do i feel sorry for him? yes and no. yes because just watching him last night on tv, i haven't seen him since the last time he approached me in aspen about a year and a half ago. i haven't seen him since then. >> what did he say to you then? >> just some unkind words, that he was going to make my life a living hell both in the courtroom and out. that a federal investigation was going on. >> he was bullying you -- >> i was very angry for those -- for that encounter, for a long time. and scared for a while, too, because he's a powerful guy. i took those words seriou
ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. thanks so much. among those watching the oprah interview, tyler hamilton, who rode with armstrong in three tour de france races and wrote the explosive book called "secret race" about doping inside armstrong's team. hamilton talked to cnn's piers morgan. listen. >> do you feel sorry for him? because he trashed you -- >> oh, yeah. we have a whole history -- >> he just kept trashing you saying it was all lies, you were trying to...
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ed lavandera is in armstrong's home town of austin, texas. ed, what do you know? >> we are in a bike shop called mellow johnny's. we're here because lance armstrong is actually part owner of this bike shop. his yellow jerseys hang on the wall. big posters with his arms up on victory. when we see him on tv in a couple of days, that's not what he will look like. >> for lance armstrong, it was not enough to deny using performance-enhancing drugs. had he to stand on a mountaintop and righteous cannily question anyone how he did it. this was armstrong in paris after winning his seventh tour de france title in 2005. >> to the people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the skeptics, i'm sorry for you. i'm sorry you can't dream big and i'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. there is no secret. this is a hard sporting event. viva la tour forever. >> which lance armstrong will appear in front of oprah winfrey. her comments so far add to the injury. >> i would say he did not come clean in the manner i expected. it was surprising to me. >> but what does that mean?
ed lavandera is in armstrong's home town of austin, texas. ed, what do you know? >> we are in a bike shop called mellow johnny's. we're here because lance armstrong is actually part owner of this bike shop. his yellow jerseys hang on the wall. big posters with his arms up on victory. when we see him on tv in a couple of days, that's not what he will look like. >> for lance armstrong, it was not enough to deny using performance-enhancing drugs. had he to stand on a mountaintop and...
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he had lavandera is joining us from colorado. pretty dramatic testimony inside that courthouse today. >> reporter: it was, wolf. we had a pretty good understanding of what was left behind but what we heard today was more surprising than anyone could have imagined. >> there's a shooting at century theater. they are saying that someone is shooting in the auditorium. >> reporter: the first 911 call came from inside theater 9 just 18 minutes after the start "the dark knight" rises. the caller's words drourned out by a constant boom, boom, boom. 30 gunshots could be heard in that one call alone. six minutes later, the shots have sfoped. a teenage relative of 6-year-old monica sullivan calls 911. in tears, the girl tries to explain how the girl can't breathe. the girl can only respond, i can't hear you. it's too loud. i'm sorry. veronica would be the youngest victim to die in the theater that night. it's an excruciating phone call and left many watching the james holmes preliminary hearing in tears. some wish that james holmes would pl
he had lavandera is joining us from colorado. pretty dramatic testimony inside that courthouse today. >> reporter: it was, wolf. we had a pretty good understanding of what was left behind but what we heard today was more surprising than anyone could have imagined. >> there's a shooting at century theater. they are saying that someone is shooting in the auditorium. >> reporter: the first 911 call came from inside theater 9 just 18 minutes after the start "the dark...